These Are the Top 10 Catholic High Schools in the Country

"The life of a teacher, as I know from personal experience, is very challenging and demanding, but it is also profoundly satisfying," Pope John Paul II said.

The former pontiff was addressing a group of staff and students at the Institute of Catholic Education in Australia in 1986, but the words of his speech, in which he went on to call teaching "more than a job, for it is rooted in our deepest convictions and values," ring true today. More than half a million American students are enrolled in the 1,205 Catholic secondary schools in America, and Niche, a company that specializes in data on educational institutions, recently compiled a ranking to determine the best ones.

Using information sourced from the U.S. Department of Education, Niche users, and the schools directly, the company considered categories including SAT/ACT scores, the quality of colleges that students consider, and student-teacher ratio, among others.

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